Bought a 98GT for my daughter, now we notice that at slow town speeds the engine is heating up to over 217 before the fan start? When cruising at hwy speeds it comes down to 190 and holds there. ( I'm verifying this with a obd2 scanning meter plugging into the port in the car and the gauge on the dash) I find it hard to believe that the thermostat opens at 190 but the fans are not set to come on at 217.
I pulled the relays apart that cycled each manually noticing that one relay runs the drivers fan pretty fast and the other runs both fans at a slower speed. The only other way the fan runs is if the air conditioning is on, both fan will run at that point.
If I take this car to a garage will they fix the problem, or just charge me to tell me it's fine.
Someone must have had this problem and resolved it.
I checked our taurus and the fans come on at 185 and the temp holds at about 188, again verifying with the obd2 scanning meter.
Any help would or advice is welcome.
Thanks
